Friends and family members grieve after a 16-year-old boy was shot and died at the Hawthorne Place Apartment at 5244 E 32nd Street.

Written by

Michael Boren
michael.boren@indystar.com

It was a scene of chaos Monday afternoon at a Northeastside apartment complex, scene of a fatal shooting just hours after police announced a grand plan to add more officers to the streets of Indianapolis.

In Monday's case -- the fourth homicide in eight days -- James Johnson, a 16-year-old boy, was gunned down next to a swing set shortly before 3 p.m. at the Hawthorne Place Apartments, near East 32nd Street and North Emerson Avenue. ...